fox 5 is monitoring metro this morning. >> computer problems brought the storm a halt two times this weekend. an update on what is happening this morning as officials are trying to figure out what went wrong. a new battle brewing on the campaign trail. president obama refusing to apologize for questions raised about mitt romney's business background. fox 5 morning news continues right now. right now. it is monday, july 16th. we are taking a live look outside where you can seat sun starting to peek through. it has to be just to the left but the cameras moving to the right. it will be a nice warm day. i don't know if nice, but it will be warm. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news.

time to talk to tucker barnes about the weather. >> i think we can officially go with hot today. mid-90s, that is hot. >> not cool. >> 59 or above is hot. >> i think anything about 92 is hot officially. >> i'm thinking more like 86. >> i'm pretty much with wisdom. i was trying to be tough. >> give it up. >> 77 in washington. humidity is 76%. >> we had the rain last night so we are off to a rather humid start as well. winds out of north at five miles per hour. it is not go to be a terrible day. it will be hot today. maybe it won't feel quite as bad but the bottom line is temperatures back in the mid- 90s. there is your sentinel radar. much quieter. our shower and thunderstorm activity had some pretty good storms jed and saturdays well

for that matter. -- storms yesterday and saturday as well for that matter. 94 in washington. 95 in culpeper. there you go. temperature in the mid-90s. >> thank you, tucker. time to talk to lauren demarco about what is happening on the roads. >> good morning to you. we have been taking a look at 95 because we have the volume building in stretchs up as you leave stafford. let's take a live look from sky fox. it is very heavy northbound heading past acquire aharbor so through stafford and again from triangle up to dale city. this is the scene here across the occoquan. it is moving well. it will be off and on the brake through lorton. once you get toward the mixing bowl, things looking pretty good. nice trip onto 395. traveling 66, inbound, we have some delays through manassas and centreville. this is looking at the

outbound, westbound 66 where we do have some activity there on the right shoulder. # 70 inbound slows heading towards 10 #. -- 270 inbound slows heading towards 109. no problems on the beltway itself to the left of your screen. the outer loop heading past university boulevard. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. metro has been experiencing some technical difficulties. over the weekend, a come pirate glitch shut down the system twice. >> this morning, the transit agency is taking steps to make sure there are no problems during your morning commute. fox 5's melanie alnwick is live at the metro headquarters with the details. >> i'm sure the last thing that passenger was want to sperches would be some of those 30 to 40 minute delays that happened to some passengers over weekend. now, metro says that no new problems have popped up since sunday and that was as of about 5:00 this morning. they do say there will be additional supervisors on hand at key locations just to be

able to respond quickly in case any of the computer problems pop up again. twice over the won, a computer malfunction brought trains on all five lines to a stand still. it first happened saturday between 2:10 and 2:50:00 p.m. and again between 12:30:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. on sunday. now, metro says the problem was in its rail operations control center, a system that allows controllers to see where trains are on a digital map and to remotely control switches suddenly went dark. each time the train were told to hold hair position at the next station but passenger delays lasted as long as 40 minutes. train operators used traffic lights alongside the tracks and speed commands were transmitted to each train's control cab. was radio communication between the train and the control center at all times and they also want to make sure people know all of the safety systems that keep that safe distance between the trains that awful those were

fully operational during these outages. technicians we're told are continuing to work to identify the source of the problem. that includes the rail and the it departments. at this point, we don't know exactly what happened and so they are still working to figure that out. >> thank you. some of another top stories, maryland governor martin o'malley is meeting with leaders from prince george's and montgomery countys and baltimore city today to discuss holding a special session on expanding gambling in the state. there will be more meeting tomorrow. lawmaker need to pass i bill expanding gambling in the state by august 20th in order to get it on the november ballot. howard county police or the hunt for the man accused of going on a shooting spree at an ellicott city spa over the weekend. 35-year-old tuan pham allegedly showed up at the spa where his girlfriend works and shot her

and her friend. both victims are still in critical condition. police say they found his car in columbia but it was unoccupied. police have not made any arrests in connection to an attempted robbery that turned into a deadly accident. an armed robber approached people in a car in fairmont height early sunday morning. the people outyou had soo the car were told to get down. car's driver got scared, hit the gas and accidentally drove over one of the people on the ground. he died at the scene. the gunman are still on the loose. loose. new this morning, prince george's county police are asking for your help in the search for a missing 75-year- old man. oscar harry washington was last seen yesterday morning in his daughter's backyard on woodmore road in bowie. mr.washington suffers from high blood pressure and also memory loss. if you have any information on his whereabouts, please contact prince george's county police. still ahead on fox 5

morning news, one company is offering its employees $7500 just to take a vacation. >> sound like a winner. >> there is a catch, of course. >> a look at more of this morning's headlines. an official declaration of civil war in sir. >> what is happening today as the nations continues to push for a plan for peace.  [ romney ] i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] when a president doesn't tell the truth,

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a church in boston is praying for the release of its pastor who was kidnapped in egypt. the 61-year-old was abducted along with another american tourist and their guide on friday. the american embassy in cairo is working with egyptian authorities to bring the americans home. also making headlines this morning, president obama and mitt romney stepping up the war of words on the campaign trail. questions over one candidate's past and calls for an apology being refused. we'll take a live look outside. look at the beautiful shot of the sun. looks pretty but not going to feel pretty. a triple digit heat index heading our way again this week. back in a moment with more on that.

south on the job perks can be rare these days. we all know that. one company in denver is making headlines for its offer to employees. $5700 to use for vacation. that is what they're giving their employees. -- $7500 to use for employees. >> have you to take a break from work, no phone calls, no e- mails and no twitter. the ceo of this street start-up company is telling abc news the offer is a way to pull in top talent. nothing wrong with that either. >> i can do that. i could. i know earlier we had the whole thing about not accountable to pull away from technology but if they're going to offer me that. >> $7500 to go away on have a indication and turn everything off. >> a great job. >> it would be hard for you really tried to do it. >> no internet, nothing. >> but do they mean not to connect with work or do they

mean not to connect at all. >> at all. >> who cares? >> $7500, i would do it. >> what are they going to do, fire you if you pick up and call someone. >> probably so. you have to pay back the $7500. >> eight get your weather forecast. more haze, more heat and more humidity. the hhhs are back and they're here to stay for a couple of days. another round of heat here. yesterday's daytime highs are in the mid-90s. today, right back into the mid- 90s. we'll probably be around 95 late this afternoon. storms back in the forecast by wednesday. hon of thely, could there be a pop-up storm today. yes, but most of today should being dry and drier than this weekend. something to look forward to if you don't love temperatures in the mid- to upper 90s. by the end of the week, the high temperatures will only be

in the upper 80s. we are warm, humid. 76 out at reagan national. 7 # in annapolis. much of the area here getting back close to 70. 70 at manassas and gaithersburg and dulles. so these temperatures will jump quickly and we should see afternoon high temperatures much hike yesterday right back in the mid-90s. then we're off and running. tomorrow and wednesday, our temperatures will be in the upper 90s. likely to be some heat advisory around here by tomorrow afternoon. sentinel sat-rad, had a little piece of energy come through yesterday. that brought us the showers and thunderstorms late yesterday afternoon and during the evening hours. we're not looking at much upstream here. we do have a little shower in southern pennsylvania. i think that will fall apart before it gets here. out to the west, just a lot of heat building once again. and we are on the eastern edge of that ridge of high pressure building out to our west. we're going to be hot here for the next couple of days. we do have a cold front which, as mentioned, will bring us some relief by the middle and end of the week.

this heat wave will only last about three or four days. 94 today, mostly sunny and hot. honestly, 10% chance you will see a shower later this afternoon. 76 the overnight low. here is your hot week forecast. 98 tomorrow. we are likely to have some heat advisories around here by tomorrow afternoon and wednesday. look out for the possibility of strong thunderstorms. a little cooler by thursday and friday. that is weather. late do traffic. lauren demarco is in. she has your latest. >> good morning. one thing we do want to mention is marc. if you are traveling on marc, there have been some scheduling things that take effect today. be sure to check the internet before you head out this morning. sky fox is flying over i-95. we do have an accident at 71- ounce00 00 -- at 7100 off to the shoulder there. heavy and slow traffic getting

past aquia harbor and again through dale city. let's some of on to trafficland, see what else we've got going on out there on the roads as you travel 395. no real problems to report for you. 66 heavy and slow. look at that line-up heading into manassas. typical delay there continuing into centreville and here we are 395. you can see things are starting to slow at seam mary road in the main lanes. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. -- at seminary road in the main lanes. >> thank you. an update now from the campaign trail. president obama is refusing to apologize for remarks by his campaign calling mitt romney's business dealings into question. >> one of the central issues here, whether or not romney was still in charge of the private equity firm bain capital when some of the companies it invested in outsourced jobs. keeping jobs in the u.s. has been a main focus this year. president obama talked up his plans to boosting the middle

class. this latest started with remarks by one of the cam ain't aides. >> either you the ceo, president, chairman of the board as you attest to the sec or he is telling the american people he bears no responsibility for that. those two things both can't be true. either you are in charge or you are not. >> he took a leave of absence from bain to go and run the olympics in salt lake city. he was on leave. so as the former sec chairman was quoted in the story about this, it is standard though to, while you are on leave, to sign those documents for the sec. he was still ceo and had shares but he wasn't responsible for management and that is the bottom line. >> president obama will be campaigning in ohio today. romney will be in pennsylvania tomorrow. we are talking more about this outsource is issue coming up next in business beat. find out why some people are saying it is actually a move that makes u.s. businesses stronger. >> we'll be right back. i'm barack obama and i approve this message.

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a big change may make you think twice before you use your credit card. >> let's get the latest on a new battle brewing at campaign trail. dennis neil has that for us. >> the news programs lighting up over this big thing where rahm emmanuel came out and said you know what? romney ought to stop whining about the attacks on him. romney's folks demanding an apology. the romney aides saying the president is demeaning the highest office in the land was romney running bain capital after 2000 after the companies

it opened started offshoring jobs. he says he had left the firm. my point i'd like to point out is who cares? why run away prosecute outsourcing. it is something a company sometimes needs to do. in the mid 2000s, one study found while we had lost eight million jours overseas, we had created seven million jobs from foreign makers coming in to open plants in the u.s. a medical equipment maker some oregon realized, if we have the change made in china, we can cut veep prices on equipment to hospitals by 15%. that is good for the u.s. economy. it is good for our health care system. they took the saves and they hired more salesmen in the u.s. to sell more stuff. so outsourcing isn't an unpatriotic sin. it sometimes is a necessary thing of business and romney is not defending it. he is running away from it. elsewhere, credit cards. want to charge that in visa, master card paying $6 billion to retails are to set i'll price fixing case.

retails are were outset that the credit card companies banned them from charging ahigher price to customers that way with credit cards. now the retailers win that right. the credit card companies and bank of america wells fargo, j. p. morgan chase pay in the $6 billion to retailers. store won the right to raise the fee it charges when it used the credit card. >> all right. we know you will continue to for it. thank you so much. >> all right. we are also monitoring metro for you this morning. computer problems over the weekend led to problems on the rails not once but twice. and this morning, officials are still trying to figure out exactly what went wrong. we'll tell what you is happening this morning to keep the commute as smooth as possible. ♪

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deadly flooding in japan. people say, it's been writtenning, quote being like a water fall. thousands of homes and roads were destroyed. soldiers were brought in to help get to stranded towns. morn a quart are million have been acted. some are being allowed home this morning but officials are warning that the danger is not over. tragedy the a sock are game in houston over the weekend. three people were electrocuted saturday afternoon when a lightning strike hit a tree they were hiding under. two of them died. a third man is in stable condition. there were about 300 people in the area at the time that this fast-moving storm hit. in the midwest, a severe does it really do that? drat is affecting farms and foot prices. farmers are worried about their livestock. this is a food shortage for farm animals. farmers will be out the feed within 30 days. there are widespread watering bands because of the dry conditions out there and big fines for home openers who water lawns or wash their cars.

you real ides how lucky we are just to get some rain showers when they are doling with that out there. why this is weather pattern continuing? >> big area of high pressure has been out to the with is for most of the summer. that has brought unseasonably hot temperatures not don't washington area but points to the west too. it work as sort of a big block in the atmosphere so no rain can come in. keeping things very simple but yeah. >> i got you. >> keep our fingers crossed they get some rain. >> they need it. >> we were luck lucky to get some rain around here this weekend. we had spots withed intoing in prince george's county and charles county on saturday. yesterday, we had some pretty good storms as well. warm, humid start to the day. 76% humidity. going to be a hot day for us. high temperatures later this afternoon right back into the middle 90s. satellite-radar, we've quieted down our shower and thunderstorm activity from late in the day yesterday and last evening.

out of here. and i think it will be sunny today. we'll have passing clouds from time to time and we should be drier than yesterday too. just an isolated shower this afternoon. maybe a pop-up storm in southern maryland, lower eastern shore. but the general trend will to be keep things dry for the next couple of days until about wednesday as the cold front will bring us our next chance for thunderstorms. 93 in winchester. coming up in a couple of minutes, ask the weather guy. we are changing the name from act the weather guys. we'll put that to a poll. >> is it going to start today? >> i think we'll start in a couple of minutes. >> let's get the latest from lauren demarco. >> i could think a few names. >> some choice names. >> perhaps. >> that is a lot of fun. that will be cool. let's take a live look at sky

fox. they are flying over 395 in virginia where they are starting to get pretty heavy. no problems right now heading across the people. things do start to ease up once you get up towards the pentagon. let's take a look at 59 as you travel. look from trafficland as you travel 95. there we are at 7100. still dealing with the accident activity off on the left shoulder. brief delay getting past that. also very heavy through stafford to head part aquia harbor and from triangle up to dale city. 66 heavy and slow here through manassas. and then through centerville. no problems leaving fair oaks in towards the beltway. outer loop of the beltway heading past new hampshire avenue heading past university boulevard here. >> thank you. if you plan to taking metro for your commute this morning, listen up. >> that is because the rail system has had some computer glitches over the weekend causing major delays. melanie alnwick is live with

the latest. >> reporter: good morning. metro says there have been no problems reported since early sunday morning. you may remember that there was significant track work going on all five lines this weekend but at this point, metro says it still does not know what caused this particular computer glitch. metro says it will have additional supervisors on hand at key metro station this is morning to be able to respond quickly just in case any of these compute are problems happen to pop up again t does d. happen twice this weekend. this computer malfunction brought trains on all five loon for a stand still. it first happened saturday between 2:10 and 2:50:00 p.m. and again again between 12:0:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. on -- between 12:30:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. on sunday. there is a system that allows controlers to see where the trains are. that suddenly went dark. each time, the train were told to hold their position at the next station but passenger

delays lasted as long as 40 minutes. >> it is more just the fact i'm paying so much money for the system and it never seems to be working properly. a station is closed or you have to shuttle somewhere. there is always aproblem. >> metro says that train operators use traffic lights alongside the tracks and speed command were transmitted to each train's control cab. metro saws there was radio communication between the train and the control center at all times and even more importantly, wisdom and sarah, metro says the system detects where the trains are on the track, they say that system did not fail, that they still knew where the trains were, what their positions were. that was part of the problem that happened in the 2009 stent. all of the safety systems they say remained operational. technicians are still working to identify the cause of the problem. they've got the rail and the it departments all over this this

morning. back to you. >> hopefully they can figure it out. thank you. maryland governor martin o'malley will discuss the potential for holding a special session on expanding gal beaming in the state. he is meeting with leaders from prince george's county, montgomery and baltimore counties today and with leaders from the state house and senate tomorrow. lawmakers have been at odds over whether to allow a sixth casino in prince george's county. some believe it would siphon off customers from the other casinos. site suspected gunman accused of going on a shooting industry over the -- spree over the weekend is still on the loose. 35-year-old tuan pham allegedly showed up at at spa where his ex-girlfriend works and shot her and her friend. both are in critical condition. police say they found pham's car in columbia but it was unoccupied. police in maryland are still on the hunt for the gunman involved in an attempted robbery that turned into a

deadly accident. investigators say armed gunmen approached people around the 1200 block the oates street in fairmont height earlyson morning. the people outside the car were told to get down. the consider's driver got scared, hit gas and accidentally drove over one of the people on the ground. he died at the scene. gunman took off on foot. arlington county police are investigating a pit bull attack. police say two pit bulls attacked a man as he got out of his truck yesterday afternoon on south oakland street. the man suffered nonlife- threatening injuries. the police were able too locate the dogs after the attack and one had to be put down. arl now reports that people living in the neighborhood had called police in the past about aggressive behavior by the dog involved in yesterday's attack. president obama says he will not apologize to presumptive republican nominee mitt romney over a new round of attacks. at, rome know's alleged business dealings and the key campaign issue of keeping jobs here in the u.s.

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south somebody of the republican national committee have moved into the tampa bay t romney will accept the gop nomination for president. up to 300 poem day will be making renovations on the facility. it is expected to cost about $20 million to finish. the republican national convention goes from august 27th to the 30th. mitt romney wants president obama to apologize for his campaign's suggestions that he may have commited a money during his tenure at buena park capital. >> but the president that no intention of saying he is sorry. we have a report on the controversy now. >> reporter: the obama am pain looking for answers over whether mitt romneys with at the helm. private equity firm when it sent jobs overseas. the period of time between 1999 and 2001 is in question. that is the time when romney stepped in to run the olympics

but was also listed as the head of the firm. >> he was on leave. he was still ceo and had shares. he wasn't responsible for management. that is the bottom loon. >> reporter: the deputy campaign manager who prompted the upyear defending her comments. she said any misrepresentation of a signify spot s cre. might be a felony. >> if he wasn't the head of it, who was? and the simple point is if you are telling the sec you are in charge but you are tellth american people you bear no responsibility, one. those things is not true. >> mitt romney looking for sorry over sec signaturegate, not hearing it. the president saying, no, we will not apologize. i think voter entirely ledge its matily want to foe we'll be right backly what is his business experience. while romney's advisors spent the day defending his character and experience. >> i think it is troubling that the president would direct his campaign to label comment like governor romney as a felon. i think that is very troubling.

>> it is not the obama campaign that is making these allegations. it is under reporting from the press. >> president obama's former chief of staff, rahm emmanuel telling the gop nominee to heed his own advice and quote, stop whining. whining. the court martial of an air force staff sergeant accused in a major sex scandal begins today. luis walker trained new recruits at lack land air force base in san antonio. he is charged with 2 counts including rape. walker faces life in prison and i adishonorable discharge. he is one of 12 instructors at lack land accused of sexually assaulting at least approximate 1 female recruits. these days, the internet is almost available anywhere you go. when you are on the go on at home, can you go onlinian where you want. >> now, some experts are saying too much technology could be

hazardous to your health. to yo >> reporter: if spending time online interferes with the key relationships in your life, you could be developing an internet addiction. there was an investigation into the trend after noticing what was going on. >> i have two boys and in our home, between the three of us and my wife, we had 18 devices that this screens on them. when my two boys were texting each other at the dinner table instead of talking to one another, i said we have a problem here. >> in his latest book, he discusses the good and bad influences technology has on our lives. the doctor says it could be a problem for someone. >> the person who is constantly wired and connected and they've got 5,000 quitter follows are and their friend and they are being consumed about it.

they don'tened the amount of time and cost to them. >> reporter: he says certain personality types may be more likely to become addicted. >> the stimulus seeker personality has to have a lot of stimuli going on in their life. it is almost like an addictive personal. technology fits right in that. they believe they can multitask. what they develop is something called partial attention distraction. >> the doctor says the deck knowledge detox could be in order if you can't go a weekend without checking in online. in new york, i'm mary ann rav are they, fox news. >> i would have paid attention but i was too busy on my computer. >> i was looking at my phone. who knows? >> it's problem. >> it is a problem. >> yeah, i was just getting chastised this weekend about my phone. >> doing my thing on the phone. she was like will you please put that down. >> she sound like me to my husband. please. >> wisdom is nodding off while' got the phone in his hand.

>> tweeting. >> trying to get last tweet in. we've got a lot going on for ask the -- whatever we're going to call it. we're going to talk about it. temperatures right now, warm, humid. nice mild start to the day. 72348 annapolis. temperatures to the north and west looking for 60s. not quite there. 70 the winning number out at dulles and in manassas this morning. i take it back, cumberland, 68 degrees. it will be a warm and humid start to the day for all of us obvious lai. had the and somewhat humid day later this afternoon. dew point temperature should fall a little bit. might be a little more comfortable than yesterday. high temperatures expected to be in the mid-90s. sat-rad, we're quieter. we had a short wave coming through last night. that brought us a pretty good round of showers and thunderstorms late yesterday afternoon and during the evening hours. it is off the coast now. might be a leftover sprinkle for the lower eastern shore. that is about t we are looking at sunshine and hot temperatures for the next couple of days.

a big area of high pressure out to the west will continue to build in and bring us some very warm temperatures around here for today, tomorrow and into wednesday. by wednesday afternoon, a cold front will move in. that could bring us a good round of thunderstorms and then some cooler air for the end of the week. get ready for hot temperatures here to stay for a couple of days. 494 today, mostly sunny, hot. couple of afternoon showers a possibility. maybe a thunderstorm. best chance of that will be well south of the city. winds out of the west at five to 10. 76 the overnight low. here is the five-day forecast and again, we're doing a little mini heat wave this week. 94 today. close to 100 on tuesday and wednesday. look out. i think we'll have heat advisories around here for the day tomorrow. and the good news is the last time the heat lasted 12 days. this one will only last four days. by thursday and friday, highs back into the mid- and upper 80s. i don't -- i think friday is

payday. i got that marked on mychal door. >> you have abeen talking about that for a week now. >> you got to mark your accomplishments in life. >> tony perkins is here now. >> hello. before we do today's edition of ask the weather guys, we've some business to get. to as you all know, right now, it is still called ask the weather guys. we are going to change the name because of some changes that have occurred here. we've been telling you recently all about this and we've asked to you submit your ideas on our facebook page. no he when we mentioned it, within 30 minutes, we had like wrs within a couple of minutes, we had 50 suggestions. some of them very good. now, it is time to take it to a vote. we've got some of the choices here. people have written in a lot of different things. we have chosen some interesting ones, funny ones, whatever you that you vote on. >> you have to go to the

facebook page and please vote on. this we -- please vote on this. we need your vote. >> stump the chumps one. we can't use that. it was pointed out that the car guys on npr, they have a segment called stump the chump. >> don't be a sucker, ask tony and tucker. that will move up on the food chain. >> why are you focusing on that? >> don't have a clue, ask these two. >> love that. >> i like daylet. >> ask the morning guys. >> now, here what is i like about that. it is accurate and it flows like ask the weather guys. >> easy to get use to. >> q & a with t & t. here is the question.

instead of ampersand, should be it an n like tnt. >> this is a network. >> would cares. maybe you're right. >> don't be a sucker, actony and tucker. are these the final choices? >> won't to tell people if you have a great idea that you think is better than these, send it in. >> we've got to change this thing. go to facebook and can you vote there. we'll be revealing the brand- new name of the most popular segment in morning television very soon. now, it is time for check the weather guys. when we wapping change the name, people for a year are still going to call it ask the weather guys. probably. >>-- when we change the name, people for i year are still going to call it ask the

weather guys. today's question comes from jonathan mooreen he writes my dad and i want to know what is the cause of solar flares in the atmosphere and what will high pressure if it ever hits the earth? excellent question, jonathan. they hit the earth all the time. you want to delve into this one. >> i think that he is referring to are the solar storms that take place on our local star, the sun. and we were getting to -- we in the science community are getting better and better at sort of detecting them. this year, the sun has been active with solar flares. so what i solar flare erupts from the sun, it take a couple of days to travel to earth t arrives around the earth and strike the earth a few days afterwards and most recent flare erupted on thursday and it started to get to earth on saturday and sunday. >> luckily, it was not a class x flare because those are the ones -- >> it was in fact an x class

solar flare. >> nothing to worry about. they don't impact us very much. no, i'm joking. it was an x class. do we have any video of solar flares? >> i'm sure we do. >> there we go. >> look at that. >> that almost looks fake. it looks like the sun has burst a leak. >> or piped pimple. >> that is what it is. we'll be inundate with the -- >> that is really gross. >> lauren demarco is walking in with the most disgusted look on her face. here is what it is. a solar flare is a rapid release of particles including electrons, neutrons and heavy nuclei, good name for a band. they are heated and accelerated in the solar atmosphere. they spray out thousands --

millions of miles really. the most likely impact we would feel is a disruption to communication systems. i noticed i had problems this weekend on my cell phone. >> could be related. it is what is called a geomagnetic storm here on earth. scientists are currented that we've been so dependent, we could have something that could cause serious damage to the power grid, to the electromagnetic spectrum here on earth. we have to watch that. we are very susceptible to it now. >> at this point, for a big powerful deadly one came towards us, there is not much we could do. >> life will be fine. it is just our electric systems could be in trouble. >> you are you sure of that? >> can you come one another thing for the solar flare. >> i like that. the bursting of a sun pimple. jonathan being thank you for that. if you have a question you would like to have answered, go

to myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab. this is u2. staring at the sun. >> good song. >> never a good idea. >> no, do not stare at the sun. >> let's check in with lauren demarco and get the latest on traffic. >> now that etch's record has been ruined. >> sun pimple. sorry about your oatmeal -- now that everyone's break forecast has been ruined. >> as you travel 66, we are seeing pockets of heavy traffic. route 50 fair soak, heavy and slow. all just volume, no incidents reported. but you will be on the brake again at 123. give yourself some extra time there heading unbound. northbound traffic heavy and she at aquia harbor. the main lanes, 395 395 heavy and slow from the beltway up towards seminary road. brake lights as you head past

van dorn street. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> back to you. >> thank you. still ahead on fox 5 morning news,. >> of the d.c. area's designers have taken on a new project. holly morris will show us a whole new twist on mini golf. interesting. we'll be right back [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message.

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good morning, everybody. i'm holly morris on this monday. you and i have a tea time and you won't believe where it is. we are live from the national museum. it's the coolest two holes you've ever seen. this morning we're going to play the course, talk to the curator why they decided to do this, and most importantly find

out how you can take a shot at it yourself. sarah, wisdom? sounds good, thank you. >> best kind of golf to play there. happy monday. coming up on fox 5 morning news, now on monday, heads up for metro riders, a computer glitch forces the system shut d an update on what went wrong now and where things stand this morning. >> renewed hope to bring a casino to prince george's county. a look at what's happening to put the proposal back in the spotlight. >> the race for the white house got uglier over the weekend with more intense attacks from the president and a refusal to apologize as well, this as some conservatives are calling on mitt